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File Nos. 811-4074 and 2-92285
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [ X ]
Pre-Effective Amendment No. [ ]
Post-Effective Amendment No. 18 [ X ]
and
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [ X ]
Amendment No. 18 [ X ]
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
GENERAL NEW YORK MUNICIPAL BOND FUND, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
c/o The Dreyfus Corporation
200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (212) 922-6020
Daniel C. Maclean, Esq.
200 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10166
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)
_____ immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
__X__ on June 23, 1995 pursuant to paragraph (b)
_____ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a) (i)
_____ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a) (i)
_____ 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a) (ii)
_____ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a) (ii) of Rule 485
Registrant has registered an indefinite number of shares of its Beneficial
Interest under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to Sec. 24(f) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940. Registrant's Rule 24f-2 Notice for the fiscal
year ended October 31, 1994 was filed December 22, 1994.
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT FILE NOS. 811-4074 AND 2-92285
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
For Registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of Securities of Open-End
Management Investment Companies registered on Form N-1A.
A. Exact name of Company specified in Charter:
GENERAL NEW YORK MUNICIPAL BOND FUND, INC.
B. Complete address of Company's principal executive offices:
c/o The Dreyfus Corporation, 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166
C. Name and complete address of agent for service:
Daniel C. Maclean, Esq.
The Dreyfus Corporation
200 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10166
D. Title and amount of Securities being registered (number of shares or
other units):
3,788,644 Shares (See Note Below)
E. Proposed aggregate offering price to the public of the securities being
registered:
$290,015 (Determined on the basis of the closing
price on June 8, 1995; i.e. $19.99
per share (See Note Below))
F. Amount of filing fee, computed at one twenty-ninth of one percent of
the proposed maximum aggregate offering price to the public:
$100 (See Note Below)
G. Appropriate date of proposed public offering:
As soon as practicable after the effective date of this
Registration Statement, and thereafter from day to day
NOTE: Shares to be registered pursuant to Rule 24e-2
Aggregate
Offering Price
Total Shares Registered: 3,788,644 X $19.99 = $75,734,994
Less Adjustment for Shares
Redeemed in excess of Shares
Sold during Fiscal Year
ended October 31, 1994: 3,774,136 X $19.99 = $75,444,979
14,508 X $19.99 = $ 290,015
Fee at 1/29 of 1% $ 100
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CONSENT OF STROOCK & STROOCK & LAVAN
The Consent of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, counsel to the Registrant, has
been included in their Opinion filed as Exhibit 10 to this Amendment to the
Registration Statement.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all the
requirements for effectiveness of this Amendment to the Registration Statement
pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused
this Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, and State of
New York, on the 21st day of June, 1995.
GENERAL NEW YORK MUNICIPAL BOND FUND, INC.
BY: /s/ Marie E. Connolly*
MARIE E. CONNOLLY, PRESIDENT
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, this Amendment to the Registration Statement
has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the
date indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE
/s/ Marie E. Connolly* President and Treasurer
Marie E. Connolly (Principal Executive and
Financial Officer)
/s/ Joseph S. DiMartino* Chairman of the Board
Joseph S. DiMartino
/s/ Clifford L. Alexander, Jr.* Director
Clifford L. Alexander, Jr.
/s/ Peggy C. Davis* Director
Peggy C. Davis
/s/ Ernest Kafka* Director
Ernest Kafka
/s/ Saul B. Klaman* Director
Saul B. Klaman
/s/ Nathan Leventhal* Director
Nathan Leventhal
*BY: /s/ Frederick C. Dey
Frederick C. Dey, Attorney-in-Fact
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Frederick C. Dey, Eric
B. Fischman, Ruth D. Leibert and John E. Pelletier and each of them, with full
power to act without the other, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact
and agent, with full power of substitution or resubstitution, for him or her
and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities (until
revoked in writing) to sign any and all amendments to the Registration
Statement for each Fund listed on Schedule A attached hereto (including post-
effective amendments and amendments thereto), and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
or agents or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
/s/ Joseph S. DiMartino
Joseph S. DiMartino, Chairman of the Board
Dated: January 18, 1995
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SCHEDULE A
Dreyfus Appreciation Fund, Inc.
General California Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
General California Municipal Money Market Fund
General Government Securities Money Market Fund, Inc.
General Money Market Fund, Inc.
General Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
General Municipal Money Market Fund, Inc.
General New York Municipal Bond Fund, Inc.
General New York Municipal Money Market Fund
Premier California Municipal Bond Fund
Premier GNMA Fund
Premier Growth Fund, Inc.
Premier Insured Municipal Bond Fund
Premier Limited Term Municipal Bond Fund
Premier Municipal Bond Fund
Premier New York Municipal Bond Fund
Premier State Municipal Bond Fund
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